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I would say the advantage of the name fades as you get into your career. But I make no claim to be an expert on this. IMO, everything else being equal, I would opt for the school with the better reputation. But I question the marginal benefit between, say, UCLA and Cal Poly SLO. And I know about zero about UF. I do some hiring, but what I look for is not necessarily what other employers look for so I wouldn’t make a claim to any special knowledge, so my input woudl be the usual anecdotal noise you find on these types of message boards. Since nobody knows who anybody else is, and whether they speak from any authority, it’s difficult to filter out the valid information…</p>
<p>I personally haven’t seem a lot of actual statistical data on this, but I haven’t looked for it, nor am I likely to. I agree there is information to be found in those employment surveys, but I just don’t see it as ironclad proof of anything. That’s all.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>